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  • noun Plural form of swig.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swig.

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Examples

  • OK people I think you all have been taking too many swigs from the Shocklines Sauce.

    And then there’s this… – Brian Keene 2008

  • That instinctive religious action captured the paradox of our unpredictable friendship, born in battle in four public debates -- stretching from 2004 until 2010 -- on G-d, faith, evolution, and religion, but solidified over food at kosher restaurants, kosher wines, and, of course, healthy swigs of whiskey.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Christopher Hitchens and the Fall of a Worthy Adversary Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

  • At closing time, the young men from the Leopard would come, taking swigs of vinegar for bets when they thought she wasn’t looking.

    Excerpt: Ruby's Spoon by Anna Lawrence Pietroni 2010

  • Some of the Bruins took swigs straight from the $100,000 bottle—Backwash of the Gods.

    When Celebration Bubbles Over Jason Gay 2011

  • I gulped down the last of the coffee in two quick swigs.

    Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011

  • That instinctive religious action captured the paradox of our unpredictable friendship, born in battle in four public debates -- stretching from 2004 until 2010 -- on G-d, faith, evolution, and religion, but solidified over food at kosher restaurants, kosher wines, and, of course, healthy swigs of whiskey.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Christopher Hitchens and the Fall of a Worthy Adversary Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

  • The night of, Renee takes a few generous swigs from the bottle and just when things are heating up on the couch, she starts coughing and hacking as her throat starts to close up.

    Desperate Housewives Episode Recap: "Witch's Lament" 2011

  • That instinctive religious action captured the paradox of our unpredictable friendship, born in battle in four public debates -- stretching from 2004 until 2010 -- on G-d, faith, evolution, and religion, but solidified over food at kosher restaurants, kosher wines, and, of course, healthy swigs of whiskey.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Christopher Hitchens and the Fall of a Worthy Adversary Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

  • Whether it was his disastrous first confession, the use of his hobby telescope to take in the bronzed Mrs. Selahowski sunbathing next door, the purloined swigs of sacramental wine, or, as he got older, the fumbled attempts to sneak contraband past his father and score with girls beneath his mother's vigilant radar, John was figuring out that the faith and fervor that came so effortlessly to his parents somehow had eluded him.

    The Longest Trip Home by John Grogan: Book summary 2010

  • Instead of Herculean swigs of liquor, Nick uses his dwindling funds on cases of Pabst Blue Ribbon, trying to keep enough of a buzz going to deaden the pain of his predicament until he eventually falls asleep.

    Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Everything Must Go -- Will Ferrell Gets Serious Jonathan Kim 2011

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